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MunicipalNews
Municipal League of Seattle and King County
A CITIZENS' ORGANIZATION PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN THE PRESERVATION AND
IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SINCE 1910
Vol. XLVI No. 21
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1956
10c per Copy
Page 81
YOUR SEATTLE PARK SYSTEM
Every Seattleite will wish to have one or more copies of the
attractive pamphlet "Here Is Your Season Ticket," which is published by the Seattle Park Department. It contains a city map giving locations of the various park and recreation areas. Also, it has
a table listing all the parks with the location of the facilities
which can be found there.
This little brochure should come in
handy when visitors from the east
drop in this summer and the family
plans some sort of recreational entertainment for them. Copies may
be obtained from the Park Department, 100 Dexter Avenue.
Seattle's large park system got
its start in 1884 when David Denny
gave the city five acres of land for
park purposes. This five-acre tract,
now Denny Park, was improved by
Seattle pioneers who pooled their
resources to build walks and plant
flowers. From this small park, developed by volunteer labor, the
Seattle park system has grown to
a total of 3.500 acres (over five
square miles) devoted to park and
recreational use. There are over
175 facilities ranging in size from
460 - square - foot Tillicum Place,
where the venerable statue of Chief
Seattle stands, to 341-acre Green
Lake Park.
With a budget of over $2,500,000
a year, for salary and operations, the
system is manned by approximately
600 employees. Yet despite its size
and number of facilities, the average
Seattle family pays less than one
dollar a month for the privilege of
using the many recreational areas.
Covers Full Recreational Field
The Park Department brochure
lists the majority of Seattle's park
facilities in chart form with complete information on the recreational
facilities at the various sites. The
major categories and number of
parks are: major parks, 7; minor
parks, 24; community playfields, 22;
neighborhood playgrounds, 31; golf
areas, 4, and special areas, 17. There
are, in addition, some 70 squares,
places and undeveloped areas under
the jurisdiction of the Park Department which are not included in the
chart.
The facilities listed in the chart
vary from archery ranges to wading
pools and include ball fieldsr tennis
courts, boat launching ramps, floral
displays and playground equipment
for children. In short, the chart lists
almost every type of facility that
could be asked for, at what parks
they can be found and the location
of each park. Even long-time Seattle
residents may find themselves surprised at the number and varieties
involved.
More Parks Will Be Needed
Despite the magnitude of the Seattle park system, the rapid growth
of the Seattle metropolitan area will,
according to population forecasts,
make the system dangerously inadequate in the next few years. Park
Department estimates indicate that
by 1970 the recreation space in Seattle will be only a little more than
half the need. Neighborhood and
community playgrounds will be considerably less than half the need.
Seattle now has an enviable park
(Continued on page 82)
Sitting on Hands Won't
Pass Reapportionment
Initiative No. 199
Passing a resolution and sitting on our hands won't bring us
the long-due legislative reapportionment.
The chief promoter of this initiative, the League of Women Voters,
badly needs help in getting signatures to place this initiative on the
November ballot. They already have
40,000 signers but need 70,000 to
guarantee 50,000 valid petitioners.
Help Is Needed
The Municipal League is in this
reform with both feet after its enthusiastic endorsement by our Governmental Research Committee and
Board of Trustees. Not only will this
give us an over-due reapportionment of legislative districts so that
they are approximately equal in
population but it will give King
County two more senators and three
more representatives.
Therefore, won't a large number
of our good Municipal League members who are rarely called upon to
take an active part in civic reforms,
help obtain signers to petitions to
place Initiative 199 on the November ballot, in their neighborhoods,
stores or factories. The Voters' League would like to get petitions circulated in stores and factories.
League members who will volunteer to help in this civic chore can
call the offices of the League of
Women Voters, Vance Hotel, ELiot
6983 between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m. or call Mrs. Ludwig Lobe, KEn»
wood 2211,

MunicipalNews
Municipal League of Seattle and King County
A CITIZENS' ORGANIZATION PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN THE PRESERVATION AND
IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SINCE 1910
Vol. XLVI No. 21
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1956
10c per Copy
Page 81
YOUR SEATTLE PARK SYSTEM
Every Seattleite will wish to have one or more copies of the
attractive pamphlet "Here Is Your Season Ticket," which is published by the Seattle Park Department. It contains a city map giving locations of the various park and recreation areas. Also, it has
a table listing all the parks with the location of the facilities
which can be found there.
This little brochure should come in
handy when visitors from the east
drop in this summer and the family
plans some sort of recreational entertainment for them. Copies may
be obtained from the Park Department, 100 Dexter Avenue.
Seattle's large park system got
its start in 1884 when David Denny
gave the city five acres of land for
park purposes. This five-acre tract,
now Denny Park, was improved by
Seattle pioneers who pooled their
resources to build walks and plant
flowers. From this small park, developed by volunteer labor, the
Seattle park system has grown to
a total of 3.500 acres (over five
square miles) devoted to park and
recreational use. There are over
175 facilities ranging in size from
460 - square - foot Tillicum Place,
where the venerable statue of Chief
Seattle stands, to 341-acre Green
Lake Park.
With a budget of over $2,500,000
a year, for salary and operations, the
system is manned by approximately
600 employees. Yet despite its size
and number of facilities, the average
Seattle family pays less than one
dollar a month for the privilege of
using the many recreational areas.
Covers Full Recreational Field
The Park Department brochure
lists the majority of Seattle's park
facilities in chart form with complete information on the recreational
facilities at the various sites. The
major categories and number of
parks are: major parks, 7; minor
parks, 24; community playfields, 22;
neighborhood playgrounds, 31; golf
areas, 4, and special areas, 17. There
are, in addition, some 70 squares,
places and undeveloped areas under
the jurisdiction of the Park Department which are not included in the
chart.
The facilities listed in the chart
vary from archery ranges to wading
pools and include ball fieldsr tennis
courts, boat launching ramps, floral
displays and playground equipment
for children. In short, the chart lists
almost every type of facility that
could be asked for, at what parks
they can be found and the location
of each park. Even long-time Seattle
residents may find themselves surprised at the number and varieties
involved.
More Parks Will Be Needed
Despite the magnitude of the Seattle park system, the rapid growth
of the Seattle metropolitan area will,
according to population forecasts,
make the system dangerously inadequate in the next few years. Park
Department estimates indicate that
by 1970 the recreation space in Seattle will be only a little more than
half the need. Neighborhood and
community playgrounds will be considerably less than half the need.
Seattle now has an enviable park
(Continued on page 82)
Sitting on Hands Won't
Pass Reapportionment
Initiative No. 199
Passing a resolution and sitting on our hands won't bring us
the long-due legislative reapportionment.
The chief promoter of this initiative, the League of Women Voters,
badly needs help in getting signatures to place this initiative on the
November ballot. They already have
40,000 signers but need 70,000 to
guarantee 50,000 valid petitioners.
Help Is Needed
The Municipal League is in this
reform with both feet after its enthusiastic endorsement by our Governmental Research Committee and
Board of Trustees. Not only will this
give us an over-due reapportionment of legislative districts so that
they are approximately equal in
population but it will give King
County two more senators and three
more representatives.
Therefore, won't a large number
of our good Municipal League members who are rarely called upon to
take an active part in civic reforms,
help obtain signers to petitions to
place Initiative 199 on the November ballot, in their neighborhoods,
stores or factories. The Voters' League would like to get petitions circulated in stores and factories.
League members who will volunteer to help in this civic chore can
call the offices of the League of
Women Voters, Vance Hotel, ELiot
6983 between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m. or call Mrs. Ludwig Lobe, KEn»
wood 2211,